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Ndambuki Berida <1936-> |
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"We Only Come Here to Struggle" : Stories from Berida's Life / / Berida Ndambuki & Claire C. Robertson |
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Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2000] |
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©2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-253-21366-5 |
0-253-01465-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RobertsonClaire C. <1944-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grocers - Kenya - Nairobi Region |
Women - Kenya - Nairobi Region |
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Nairobi Region (Kenya) Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-138). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS; INTRODUCTION; 1. ""I Am Berida Ndambuki"" Childhood, Family, and Initiation; 2. ""No woman can know what will happen to her in marriage"" Marriage, Children, and Survival; 3. ""Now I was in business"" Work: From Kathonzweni to Nairobi; 4. ""The Akamba are a peaceloving people"" Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics; 5. ""I ask myself, why did I have my children?"" Life and Death; UPDATE AND ANALYSIS: 1999; POSTSCRIPT: OUR RELATIONS: ON FRIENDSHIP AND CROSS-CULTURAL (MIS) UNDERSTANDING; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Here is the life history of Berida Ndambuki, a Kenyan woman trader born in 1936, who speaks movingly of her experiences under the turbulences of late British colonialism and independence. A poverty survivor, Berida overcame patriarchal constraints to reclaim the rights to her labor, her body, and her spirit. She invokes a many-faceted picture of central Kenyan life in this compelling narrative. |
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